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The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Overnight Hikes

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Just bought this and Best of the AT Day Hikes and am really enjoying them. I know I will never hike the whole trail, but these two books give me the best that the Appalachian Trail has to offer without having to hike evey inch of it. The books are well-organized and you can glean a lot of information at a glance; later you can go back and get the specifics of the hikes. This is edition has been a major revision of the first edition with more than a third of the hikes being brand new and all of the hike information--length, difficulty, trail route, driving directions, etc.--updated. I (and you will too) will be making great use of them.

I was very unhappy when I received this book. I have many hiking guide books and they all have been useful. This book won't be at all. There are no maps even remotely helpful, no good directions to the trailhead, no good info on shelters, campsites, no good info on trail difficulty/rating ... I have other hiking books of specific areas, like North Carolina, the Northeast, Virginia.... They all have much more useful details about the best AT trails within their borders. Don't waste your money on this book.